A charismatic nationalist leader‚ Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian nationalist leader and statesman fought for Indian independence from British rule for nearly three decades beginning in the late 1910s. He was deeply involved in the political opposition and was imprisoned numerous times for civil disobedience. The nationalist movement achieved its goal when India gained its freedom at midnight on August 14‚ 1947. Upon Britain’s withdrawal‚ Nehru became independent India’s first prime minister
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi‚ who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984‚ is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office. Indira Gandhi was the only child of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as the Chief of Staff of her father’s highly
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political set up of the country. Arun Joshi began his literary career in the fifties‚ just after the independence of India. His life covers the two important ages after independence – the age of Jawaharlal Nehru and the age of Indira Gandhi. The period from 1950 to 1984 was dominated largely by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi since Arun Joshi was the product of his age‚ he has successfully incorporated all the‚ political‚ social‚ cultural‚ educational and economic events taking place in the country from
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hypocrisy have become inalienable from lies‚ change of color like the chameleon‚ and shift of loyalties to people who can pay them best. Consequently‚ politics has also become synonymous with endless graft and deep-rooted corruption. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in his famous book "Glimpses of World History": "Politicians usually hide their real reasons and
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Nehru’s Dream of Socialism Jawaharlal Nehru was‚ in the truest sense‚ the builder of modern India. He saw the naked poverty and hunger of the Indian people and registered his protest through his lectures in meetings throughout the country‚ and through his writings against the British Government. He was a true national leader. “Nationalism of the modern type‚” as Jawaharlal pointed out‚ “was yet to come. India had still to go through much sorrow and travail before she learnt the lesson which
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every year and for good reason. Children’s day in India is celebrated on Pandit Nehru’s birthday as a day of fun and frolic‚ a celebration of childhood‚ children and Nehruji’s love for them. About Jawahar Lal Nehru On November14‚ 1889‚ a son was born to an eminent lawyer‚ Motilal Nehru and his wife Swaroop Rani at Allahabad. They named him Jawaharlal. He was a brilliant‚ kindhearted child who was greatly loved by all. His father wanted to give him the best education and hence sent him to England
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the season of autonomy in 1947 and kept going till the presentation of New Economic Policy in 1991 by Dr. Manmohan Singh‚ the then Union back priest of India. This period is set apart by the rise and development of prominent ’Nehru Model’ of improvement. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is famously known as boss engineer of Indian arranging due to his incredible commitments in this field. His teaching of ’Law based Socialism’ shaped the base of new model Of improvement he imagined for India. He assumed control
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On the eve of India’s independence‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru famous speech “Tryst with Destiny” marked the beginning of a free India with words symbolizing hope and triumph. India got its independence from the clutches of British rule on 15th August 1947. It was this day when India’s tricolor flag was unfolded by Pandit Nehru on the barricades of the Red Fort at Delhi. Each and every patriotic soul watched with excitement and paid tribute to thousands of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for India’s
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as Children’s Day‚ in India this day has been preponed to 14th November‚ the date the marks the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The reason why his birthday has been chosen for the celebration of children is because of his love and passion for children. Pandit Nehru is also regarded as the country’s special child to have been the first Prime Minister‚ after his long struggle for independence. The day is marked with a lot of activities for children
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Indira Gandhi the 1st female prime minister of India was born on 19th November‚ 1917 into the politically influential Nehru family. Her father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence mover of Independent India. After finishing schooling Indira Gandhi went to Shantiniketan‚ a school set up by Rabindranath Tagore‚ and Huzurpaga‚ Pune
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